Growing readers · new words and expressions · Imagination and weather · Ages 8–10
The Cloud’s Funny Shadow
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Read four short pages in English. Type the highlighted word, listen, see the Vietnamese translation and answer a story question.
English story
Page 1
A cloud drifts across the hill.
Một đám mây trôi ngang ngọn đồi.
Type drifts.
Page 2
Its shadow looks like a sleepy bear.
Cái bóng trông giống chú gấu đang buồn ngủ.
Type shadow.
Page 3
“I see a giant marshmallow!” laughs Tam.
Tam cười: “Mình thấy một viên kẹo dẻo khổng lồ!”
Type marshmallow.
Page 4
The friends imagine more shapes.
Các bạn cùng tưởng tượng thêm nhiều hình nữa.
Type imagine.
What does Tam imagine?
- a giant marshmallow
- a red train
- a blue shoe
Check the answer
a giant marshmallow
New English vocabulary
- cloud
- đám mây
- shadow
- bóng
- looks like
- trông giống như
- imagine
- tưởng tượng
Try using these new words in a different sentence. Read aloud with a grown-up if you like.